The Paradox of time travel -"Inside the Clock"

If you could choose to go back in time just for one day, what day would you choose? Would you choose a day that would change something dramatic in your life? Would you choose yesterday so you could use those lottery numbers or would you be responsible just in case it all went wrong. After all, we all understand that if we were able to change something in our past, it could have grave consequences for our future.

"Inside the Clock" 

Imagine if you were able to go back in time to change something maybe it was something big or something small, do you realise just what the consequences would be? The responsibility of being able to change something would be enormous. For instance, if you went back in time and changed something, even something small and it altered the course of time by even just a few seconds, then it could have devastating consequences in the future. Remember that close call you had when driving? You missed that lorry by just a second. How about that flight that you were late for and missed? How annoyed you were. How inconvenient not to mention the financial costs. Later you hear that the plane crashed. It then takes on a whole new perspective. What if you went back in time and shot a man. You did not know it was your Father. Would you than cease to exist? This is called a Paradox.

"Inside the Clock" 

Take your own family. You alter time by just a few seconds and then your whole life could be different. In fact you could cease to exist at all if you tampered with time. Your Father and Mother created you at a certain time and place. If you were to be able to alter time by just a few seconds then that act of love that created you would be different. A different sperm would have reached the egg and although the person that was created would perhaps be similar to you, it would not be you! You would not exist. In fact it could be that it was a boy instead of a girl that was born or the other way round. This is how dangerous time travel could actually be. There are so many different scenario's to contemplate but each one is fascinating.

"Inside the Clock" 

Take another example, if you were to travel forward in time to the time after your natural death, would it be a case of looking at your own grave stone or would you actually be dead? In this case, how would you be able to travel back again.

In my novel "Inside the Clock" , which is actually based on a true story, I explore a simple scenario exploring this paradox of time travel. In this book, I get to travel back in time to a nostalgic place but realizing the enormity of the situation, I know I can not change too much. "Inside the Clock"